MPSC (Maharashtra) Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 21 Apr 2025

• The Competition Commission of India, by majority order, accepted Google's settlement proposal in the Android TV case on 21 April 2025, with a final settlement amount of ₹20.24 crore.
• The Index of Eight Core Industries grew 3.8% (provisional) in March 2025 over March 2024, the Commerce Ministry said on 21 April 2025; cumulative growth for 2024-25 was 4.4%.
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off cruise operations from the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal at Ballard Pier, India's largest cruise terminal, on 21 April 2025.
• The Poshan Tracker application of the Ministry of Women and Child Development received the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 under the Innovation category (centre) on 21 April 2025.
• KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar released provisional data on 21 April 2025 showing Khadi and Village Industries sales of ₹1,70,551.37 crore in 2024-25, the highest so far.
• Maldivian Coast Guard Ship MNDF Huravee set sail for the Maldives on 21 April 2025 after the Indian Navy completed her maiden Normal Refit at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
• The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation added 16.10 lakh net members in February 2025, according to provisional payroll data released on 21 April 2025.

Sun, 20 Apr 2025

• Arjun Babuta won silver in the men's 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru, losing gold by 0.1 point to Olympic champion Sheng Lihao of China.
• India's Rudrankksh Patil and Arya Borse won the 10m air rifle mixed team silver at the ISSF World Cup in Lima on 20 April 2025, losing 11–17 to Norway in the gold medal match.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off 50 pink e-rickshaws for women beneficiaries in Nagpur on 20 April 2025 under the Women and Child Development Department's Pink E-Rickshaw scheme.
• An Indian Air Force contingent reached Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE to take part in Exercise Desert Flag-10, a multinational air combat exercise scheduled from 21 April to 8 May 2025, the Defence Ministry said on 20 April 2025.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to the USA and Peru on 20 April 2025, covering the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings, followed by her maiden visit to Peru.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on 20 April 2025 that the 2023 IAS batch has 74 women among 180 officers, nearly 41%, the largest women representation in the service's history.

Sat, 19 Apr 2025

• APEDA said on 19 April 2025 that the first commercial sea shipment of Indian Bhagwa pomegranates, about 14 tonnes from Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra, had arrived in New York.
• The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre under the Home Ministry alerted the public on 19 April 2025 about fake websites and social media pages offering pilgrimage and travel bookings, including Kedarnath helicopter services.
• On World Liver Day, 19 April 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to adopt mindful eating and reduce oil intake, while Home Minister Amit Shah attended a programme of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in New Delhi.
• I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held consultations with news media organisations on 19 April 2025 ahead of the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES), to be held in Mumbai from 1 to 4 May.

Fri, 18 Apr 2025

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on 18 April 2025, after an ISRO review meeting, that IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla would fly to the International Space Station on Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission, then scheduled for May 2025.
• The Finance Ministry said on 18 April 2025 that claims of the Government considering GST on UPI transactions above ₹2,000 are false, as no MDR is charged on UPI and hence no GST applies.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Elon Musk on 18 April 2025, revisiting topics from their meeting in Washington DC earlier in the year and discussing India–US collaboration in technology and innovation.
• The Petroleum Ministry said on 18 April 2025 that, from Q1 of FY 2025-26, domestic gas for CNG (transport) and PNG (domestic) will be allocated two quarters in advance, and New Well Gas will be allocated pro-rata instead of by auction.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways clarified on 18 April 2025 that no decision has been taken to roll out satellite-based tolling nationwide from 1 May 2025, and said an ANPR-FASTag-based barrier-less system will be implemented at selected toll plazas.
• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation announced on 18 April 2025 the selection of seven PAIR networks, with seven hub and 45 spoke institutions, under its Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research programme.
• The Department of Consumer Affairs notified rules on 18 April 2025 making verification and stamping of radar-based vehicle speed-measurement equipment mandatory under the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011, from 1 July 2025.

Thu, 17 Apr 2025

• On 17 April 2025 UNESCO added 74 documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, including India's manuscript collection of the Bhagavadgītā and the manuscript of Bharatamuni's Nāṭyaśāstra, taking the total to 570.
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority on 17 April 2025 advised coaching centres to strictly follow the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and the 2024 guidelines on misleading coaching advertisements, and said it had issued notices to some institutes over IIT-JEE and NEET claims.
• The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Reserve Bank of India signed an MoU in New Delhi on 17 April 2025 for coordination and information exchange in implementing the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh co-chaired the 24th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting with UK Permanent Under Secretary David Williams during a visit to London on 16–17 April 2025.
• C-DOT and Sterlite Technologies Ltd (STL) tested India's first Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) transmission over a 4-core multi-core fibre, establishing a stable link over more than 100 km, the Communications Ministry said on 17 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Coal revised the registration fee on the Coal Import Monitoring System (CIMS) portal to a flat ₹500 per consignment, effective 15 April 2025, it said on 17 April 2025.